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Participant Observation Research on the Social Construction of Everyday Classroom Order

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Gordon West, W. Participant Observation Research on the Social Construction of Everyday Classroom Order. Interchange 6, 35–43 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02145347

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